Our own crew cleans gutters on local houses. Every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, the leaves are hauled away, and you get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for most Seven Oaks homes depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our goal is a clean quote with no surprises on the invoice. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house it comes out to the same total either way.
What moves the quote on residential properties is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run twenty-four feet up, gutters nobody has opened in years where the gutter clog is packed with muck along the roofline, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Slow drainage at a downspout is flushed as part of the job. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice, and the yard is left clean when the crew packs up.
On a recent job the heavy tree canopy over the roof meant the gutter sat full of leaves and the buildup had started to sag the front run, so the crew cleared the blockage in two passes and flushed every downspout before we called the job done. That visit was priced from the stories and the tree cover, and the photos of each run went to the homeowner's phone before we left. The gutters were clean and the water flow ran clear through every downspout before the crew packed up. Residential and commercial jobs are quoted the same way, by what the crew finds up top, and nothing is added after the ladder comes down. If you want us to clean your gutters on a set schedule, say so when you book.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most of our customers in Seven Oaks SC book twice a year. Across South Carolina the spring visit falls in mid to late April, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see the first ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the next winter.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps a gutter clog from forming, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. In the surrounding areas, near a busy road or a construction site, the same schedule applies. Few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutters with guards get cleaned less often, but the surface still needs a clean to keep your gutters flowing.
When we open a gutter here after the summer rains, we find rainwater has been running off the house and into the beds for weeks. Our crew checks the blockage in the gutters and downspouts, then flushes every downspout, so water away from the house leaves through the outlet instead of backing up under the shingles. That is how we protect your home from water damage in the seasons when the rain is heaviest. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew works across Seven Oaks from the nearest base, so the schedule is the same for Seven Oaks homeowners whichever street they are on. Booking a Seven Oaks gutter cleaning visit is simple. Our gutter cleaning process starts with one call: to get a quote, call us at (866) 435-6328 or send a text, and tell us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps too, and a clean shot of the gutter line helps even more. You can get your gutters on the calendar this way, and the crew calls before it comes, so nobody needs to be home. Whatever comes out of the gutters leaves in the truck, away from your home.
Our gutter services fill up in the spring and again in the fall, when most people in the area book at once, so the earlier you ask the better your slot. A lead time is confirmed when you call, not promised ahead of time. If you see a leak at a seam, tell us when you book so the crew checks that run first. Heavy rainfall in the wettest months, June, August and September, is when the gutter maintenance calls come in fastest, and our cleaning and maintenance visits fill first. Most homes in the area book two cleanings a year, and heavy tree cover calls for more. A twig wedged in a downspout elbow can stop the whole run, so the crew checks each one. Our crew keeps a few openings for those weeks, and a clean slot is easy to hold.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. There is no fixed figure I can give here without seeing the house, but the quote you get is the amount on the invoice for any of our cleaning services in Seven Oaks.
Across South Carolina the spring visit runs mid to late April, and our Seven Oaks customers book the fall visit in November to early December. If you skip the fall visit, we find ice dams and sagging runs by the next winter, and that sag can lead to rot and structural damage.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day depends on the day's route, so we do not promise it.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep the yard clean around the back, move any landscape pots off the walkway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the outlet, and we leave the drain area clean. Clogged downspouts back water up, so that check matters. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings and grit sitting on the mesh, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We clear the leaves and debris off the surface, leave the gutter clean, and check the flow of the whole gutter system.
A rain gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if the job itself changes, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts. We cover the cleaning, the flushing and the haul-off in the number we quoted, leave the gutters clean, and the same rule holds for commercial properties.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
